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About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 ...

Chimpanzees use a variation of the "scientific method" — discarding prior beliefs if convincing new evidence comes along to change their minds, research shows.

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and ...

The U.S. government is divesting from mRNA vaccines, but will other uses of the technology be spared? In a time of ...

November's full Beaver supermoon will occur on Nov. 5, but it will be best seen the following evening as it rises into the ...

California-based startup Reflect Orbital aims to build a swarm of 4,000 giant mirrors in low Earth orbit to "sell sunlight" ...

Physicists have analyzed two enormous black hole mergers that happened one month apart and have come up with tantalizing ...

Archaeologists excavating at a medieval cemetery in Denmark have found the burials of 77 people who were early Christians in the area but still likely harbored pagan beliefs.

Researchers have gained new insights into rhinoceros evolution and the longevity of the North Atlantic Land Bridge from ...

Earth's mantle is so gooey, it takes eons for material that has been displaced by the weight of ice sheets to flow back. And ...

Epidemiologist Dr. Seth Berkley spoke to Live Science about the importance of vaccine equity and the obstacles undermining it ...